Redemption Square (2017)

Hostile, outdated, unloved: this is the popular image of Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles. Yet beneath the sun-baked surfaces of this historic park exist countless stories of refuge and reinvention. About an investigation of the soul of a park and the soul of a city, and of a major perceptual gap in Los Angeles that propels vicious cycles of demolition and misguided design. Oscillating between two distinct ways of seeing and experiencing Pershing Square, the project reveals overlooked moments of transformation that can serve as inspirations for inclusive design in the midst of rapid urban change.